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Acid process in cheese making, . 18f5, 187, 192 



Admixture of soils, 95, 259, 265 



Adulteration in commercial fertilizers, 104, 120, 288 



Apassiz, Prof. L., lecture by, 116, 118, 120, IGl, 179 



Agricultural College, and its support by the State, . . . . 17, 28, 32, 238 



Agricultural College farm, 25 



Agricultural College, faculty of, 22, 23 



Agricultural College, report on, 273, 275 



Agricultural College, work and wants of, . . . . . . 17,19,23,27,31 



Agricultural College, progress in, 17, 19, 20, 21, 118 



Agricultural education 17,22,118,119,233 



Agricultural investigation, value of, 238, 246 



Agricultural soil, origin of, IGl, 179, 260 



Amending soils by mechanical means, report on, 95, 253 



American cheese, characteristics of, . . • 190 



Ammonia and its sources, 97, 99, 263 



Analysis of commercial fertilizers, importance of, . . . . 101, 104, 120, 121, 288 



Apples and their cultivation, 52,54,55,75,81,85 



Art of Agriculture, address on, 228, 230, 232 



Bacon, Lord, burns his agricultural books, 238, 243, 245. 



Barley, cultivation of, 268 



Barn cellar no place for cattle, 38, 42 



Barn, objectionable features in, 34, 35, 41 



Barn, objects to be secured in building, 33, 36, 40, 311 



Barn, Prof. Wilkinson's plan of, 47,49,51 



Barn, shifting platform in, 39, 42 



Barn, report on plan of, for Agricultural College, 29,32,311 



Barns, discussion on, 34, 36, 41, 46, 49, 311 



Blackberry culture, 72, 73 



Board of Agriculture, elected members of, 308 



Board of Agriculture, annual meeting at Boston, 258, 332 



Board of Agriculture, meeting at Amherst, 17, 92, 179, 223, 237 



Bones, use of, as a fertilizer, . . . . . . .96, 100, 117, 265, 283, 286 



Buckwheat, culture of, 270 



Butter factories, . 191, 194, 195 



Cabinet of Amherst College, 19 



Canning meats 126, 130, 136 



Capital employed in American dairying, 149, 182; 255 



Cattle, diseases among, . 6, 12, J4, 15 



